WA: Main stories in The West Australian, Monday, December 28

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2009
WA: Main stories in The West Australian, Monday, December 28

PERTH, Dec 28 AAP - Main stories in Monday's The West Australian newspaper:

Page 1: Airports worldwide are on high alert after an attempted Christmas Day terror
bombing on a US plane.

Page 3: Perth temperatures are set to soar into the 40s this week, prompting fire danger
warnings.

Page 4/5: US investigators tried yesterday to piece together the terrorism connections
of a Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up a US airliner; Passengers onboard
the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 recall the incident.

World: Nearly $537 million in tsunami aid for Sri Lanka is unaccounted for, an anti-corruption
watchdog says (Colombo).

Business: China has almost certainly overtaken Japan to become the world's second-biggest
economy after state officials dramatically upgraded their growth estimates.

Sport: Pakistan today faces a challenge to take advantage of Ricky Ponting's surprising
declaration.

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